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Universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Herald R. Clark collection of undated, printed posters and placards, approximately 1940-1960

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 145 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains undated printed posters and placards of visiting concert artists, lectures and entertainers performing at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and in the Provo Tabernacle sponsored by Brigham Young University as well as Brigham Young University Community Concert Association. Materials dated approximately 1940-1960.

Dates: approximately 1940-1960

Herald R. Clark correspondence and other material, 1930-1967

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 145 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains miscellaneous correspondence and other materials relating to the community concert series at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Also contains various materials pertaining to state wide musical events in Utah. Materials dated 1930-1960.

Dates: 1930-1967

Herald R. Clark correspondence with assembly speakers, 1958-1963

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 145 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with visiting and prospective forum and devotional assembly speakers at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Materials compiled by the Chairman of the Brigham Young University Community Concert and Forum Assemblies. Materials dated 1958-1963.

Dates: 1958-1963

Herald R. Clark papers on individual concert artists and lecturers, 1929-1965

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 145 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, printed programs, and other materials pertaining to individual concert artists and lecturers presented at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Materials were compiled by the Chairman of the Brigham Young University Community Concert and Forum Assemblies. Materials dated 1929-1965.

Dates: 1929-1965

Herald R. Clark periodical and programs, 1938-1958

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 145 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains three bound volumes of Musical America, a performing group trade publication used by Herald R. Clark in booking musical groups to visit Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Included are annotations by Clark on various groups including indications of whether a group visited campus. Also included are pamphlets of various musical programs which were inserted into the volumes, some have been caught in the bindings. Materials dated 1938-1952.

Dates: 1938-1958

Edwin Smith Hinckley papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348820]
Identifier: MSS 352
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, speeches, reports, and biographies. These materials relate to Hinckley's work at Brigham Young University as a faculty member and on the Alumni Association Board of Directors, as superintendent of the Utah State Industrial School, and as secretary of the Provo Chamber of Commerce. The biographies are eulogies given by Hinckley's friends and associates.

Dates: 1892-1962

History of Brigham Young University, 1875-1942

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324888]
Identifier: MSS SC 2554
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history with handwritten corrections. The item documents the history of Brigham Young University from its founding in 1875 through 1942. The history is co-authored by N. I. Butt, Elsie C. Carroll, and Bertha Roberts.

Dates: 1942

History of James Glover

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342732]
Identifier: MSS 821
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of James Glover by his great granddaughter. James Glover was a native of England who joined the Mormons and migrated to Utah. He worked as a blacksmith in West Jordan and in Midvale, Utah. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: 1950

Mary Anna Ward Hunt papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 639
Scope and Contents

Autograph album, class notes, greeting cards, post cards, photographs and mementos. The autograph album was kept while Hunt was a student at Brigham Young Academy. The class notes were taken in association with a chemistry course and the photographs and cards are probably of and from friends and relatives.

Dates: approximately 1894-1930

Francis W. Kirkham diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 772
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries. Kirkham describes his early life before starting his diaries in 1893. In the first volume, Kirkham writes about his education. The volumes numbered 2 through 13 were kept when he was serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand. These items contain accounts of his daily activities and extensive comments on the customs of the Maori people of New Zealand. The fourteenth volume tells about the completion of Kirkham's schooling and...
Dates: 1893-1902